Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes

My mission in life is to turn everyone into lovers of the best kitchen appliance ever, the slow cooker, so this post is going to touch on another aspect of its awesomeness.

I really like baked potatoes but when it comes to baking them in the oven, I’m not much of a fan.

I hate heating up the whole oven just for a few potatoes.

They take forever to cook. When I get home, I’m hungry!! Ain’t nobody got time to wait a whole hour just for a potato to cook!!

They take up a lot of room if you are trying to make a lot of them and have other dishes in the oven.

I don’t know why it never occurred to me to prepare baked potatoes in the slow cooker but I tried it a few months ago and have been hooked ever since! Just pop them in before you leave for work and *bam*, they’re ready by the time you get home. No more keeping close to the kitchen to make sure your oven doesn’t burn down the house while those suckers are baking.

Cooking potatoes in the crock pot is just as simple as baking them in the oven, and you can pile as many as can fit in the slow cooker if you’re cooking for a larger party. And your oven is free for other dishes if you need the space.

When you cook potatoes in the slow cooker, the skin is going to be soft instead of crispy. This is a good thing to me because the skin has added nutrients (there’s a lot of fiber), and I’m more likely to eat it if it’s soft.

It will be moist in the slow cooker, so wrapping the potatoes in foil is a must if you don’t want soggy skins.

Ingredients

Potatoes

Aluminum foil

Slow cooker

Instructions

Wash potatoes

Pierce the skin of each potato

Wrap each potato in aluminum foil

Cook in slow cooker on high for 3-4 hours or low for 7-8 hours*.

As always with slow cooker recipes, I recommend trying the recipe once first while you’re at home so you can keep an eye on it and figure out the best cooking time for your specific slow cooker. I find things cook much more quickly in my slow cooker compared to some recipes I find online.

****Important food safety note about potatoes wrapped in foil****

Clostridium botulinum can grow on potatoes, and this grows in anaerobic environments (such as a potato wrapped in foil). Soooo be sure you cool your potatoes properly. Don’t let them sit on the counter all evening wrapped in foil!

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Samara is a registered dietitian nutritionist and owner of G & G Nutrition Co. She loves to share her passion for food and nutrition with others. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, cycling, spending time enjoying the beautiful city of Charlotte, NC.

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